occasive
English
Etymology
From Latin occasivus, from occasus (“a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies”), from occidere (“to fall or down”). See occasion.
Adjective
occasive (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling, descending; western.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for occasive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)